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Upon reaching Karthwasten for the first time, the Dragonborn will witness a discussion between Atar and Ainethach. It seems that Atar and his group of mercenaries have been hired by the Silver-Blood Family to "protect" the mines from the Forsworn. It's up to the Dragonborn to either convince Atar to leave with his band of thugs or convince Ainethach to sell the mine to the Silver-Blood Family.

Regardless of whom the Dragonborn helps, the other should be persuaded or intimidated. Reporting back to whomever the Dragonborn agreed to help will result in a leveled gold reward.

If Atar is talked to first (and his pocket picked for 250 ), then Ainethach intimidated into selling, the reward can be received from Atar. Killing Atar and his men and then reporting back to Ainethach will reward the Dragonborn with another leveled amount of septims.

This quest can be finished very quickly by speaking to Atar, Ainethach, Atar (in that order), or by speaking to Ainethach, Atar, Ainethach (in that order) quickly. If the Dragonborn takes too long, Atar will go inside the Sanuarach Mine with the mercenaries and the Dragonborn will have to run inside to meet him there.

The most rewarding way to finish this quest is by intimidating Ainethach to sell the mine, then going inside the mine and collecting the pay from Atar. Atar and his thugs can then be killed, and then Ainethach talked to and told that the Silver-Bloods "won't be a problem anymore." This will award the Dragonborn both rewards for completing the quest, some extra Gold and possibly an Amulet of Dibella from one of the mercenaries.

If the Dragonborn decides not to kill Atar, he can always be pickpocketed for 250 Gold, which doesn't require a very high Pickpocket level to be successful. This, combined with the 1200 gold obtained from completing the quest, is a pretty good deal for such a simple quest.